The Daily Mississippian - March 28, 2019

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Ole Miss Volleyball is set to take the court for the first time on Saturday with a pair of matches against Southern Miss and Mississippi College after a disappointing 2018 campaign.

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In preparation for the warmer months, Ole Miss Landscaping Services plants more than 10,000 tulip bulbs around campus each winter.

Ole Miss Alumni Association President Augustus Collins has been selected as the 2019 commencement speaker and will give the university’s 166th commencement address on May 11 in the Grove.

Collins is an alumnus of the university and has had an extensive career in the military where he served in the Mississippi National Guard as major general. Now retired, Collins is the CEO of a MINACT Inc., a job development and career training corporation.

Provost Noel Wilkin said he is inspired by what Collins has been able to accomplish in his lifetime and is indebted to his military service to the country.

“His distinguished service in (Operation Desert Storm) and Operation Iraqi Freedom, along with his appointment as the commanding general of the Mississippi Army and Air National Guard, are all indications of his leadership ability and his contributions to the state of Mississippi and nation,” Wilkin said.

Wilkin said Collins was ultimately chosen because he is a successful businessman and a proven leader. Collins is also the first AfricanAmerican to be the Alumni Association president.

“While this is the end of the formal education for many students, it is the beginning of their careers and a lifetime of learning as an informed and educated citizen,” Wilkin said. “The speaker can set the tone for that pursuit, and I am confident that Maj. Gen. Collins is an outstanding role model,” Wilkin said.

Kirk Purdom, the executive director of the alumni association, said Collins has been a major part of the alumni association’s vision for years and hopes his commencement speech will shed a positive light on the association.

“I think it’s great that he is our speaker,” Purdom said. “Leon has had a great military career and is a great representation of Ole Miss.

I think everyone will enjoy the message that he is going to give.”

Along with Collins, senior

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Pharmacy school begins potential $1 million redesign MASON SCIONEAUX

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The University of Mississippi is considering expanding or constructing a new pharmacy building after the state college board allocated up to $1 million to the university to design plans for renovation.

David Allen, dean of the School of Pharmacy, said the expansion was proposed because of the pharmacy school’s continuous growth in recent years, and he said the school is quickly requiring more and more space. Around 450 students are enrolled in the pharmacy school now.

“The School of Pharmacy continues to grow its research and pharmacy education activities, and with space at a premium, we are looking to plan for the future,” Allen said.

The school secured $21 million in private funding last year, and Allen said he thinks this speaks to the school’s expanding research capabilities.

Don Stafford, assistant director of the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, said the process began when the University of Mississippi Facilities Planning department submitted a formal request to the state Institutions of Higher Learn-

ing (IHL) Board of Trustees in Jackson to begin the planning and design of the project.

The new facility may replace the existing Coy Waller Research Center, which currently grows legal marijuana for research purposes, according to Stafford. The university’s marijuana project is a part of the School of Pharmacy’s National Center for Natural Products Research and has been around since 1968. The new facility would contain labs for biomedical research and administrative offices.

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The School of Pharmacy has grown in recent years and was just granted $1 SEE FASER PAGE 3 million to expand its current facilities.

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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is no stranger to waging warfare on women’s rights.

Just last year, he signed the Gestational Age Act, one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, into law. After much controversy and judicial intervention, a permanent block was imposed, effectively nullifying the act.

However, on March 21, barely a year after the signing of the Gestational Age Act, Bryant signed Mississippi Senate Bill 2116, a law that criminalizes abortion once a heartbeat is detected. This

law includes exceptions for life-threatening or injurious situations but very notably neglects to include exceptions for rape or incest. It’s expected that this law will meet the same fate as the Gestational Age Act, as the Center for Reproductive Rights intends to pursue it in court.

Considering the blatant unconstitutionality of Senate Bill 2116, one might wonder why Mississippi, and at least 20 other states, are so intent on legislating against access to safe abortions. The answer can be found on the United States Supreme Court. With the recent appointments of judges Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court has seen an ideological shift to the right. This shift is central to the war being waged on Roe v. Wade.

While engaging in a slew of court cases may not seem to be the most favorable outcome, this is exactly what politicians like Phil Bryant want. It reflects a broader ideological war on women’s right to safe

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abortions. By introducing and enacting legislation that is antithetical to Roe v. Wade, politicians hope to have their cases brought to the court in the hopes that the process will take them all the way to the Supreme Court. The now conservative leaning of the Supreme Court is what pro-life advocates and politicians are clinging to as their only hope of toppling the 46-year-old legal precedent.

Regardless of one’s stance on abortion, a world without legal access to abortions as enshrined in cases such as Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood is an ugly prospect. Prior to the decision of Roe v. Wade, an abortion was not something that could be easily or safely accessed. The urban legend of coat-hanger abortions was a reality, as women in desperate situations sought the procedure from unskilled abortionists, or took the responsibility upon themselves and attempted self-induced abortions. It is estimated that, in the 1960s, complications

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from illegal abortions comprised at least 17 percent of all pregnancy-related deaths.

This statistic does not account for the vast socioeconomic and racial disparities experienced by abortion-seeking women.

Even after the ruling of Roe v. Wade, state-level restrictions on abortion procedures and costs led to an extreme racial disparity in access to abortions. In the 1970s, the mortality rate from illegal abortions was estimated to be 12 times higher for women of color than white women.

A return to the days prior to Roe v. Wade would not mean that pro-life advocates would achieve their goal of banning abortion. Rather, it would mean that only those of the right status and race would have access to safe abortions, while women of low socioeconomic status and women of color suffer.

Olivia Hawkins is a junior political science and biology major from Fountain Run, Kentucky.

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Although the School of Pharmacy is considering many locations for its new facility, it has not finished renovations on its current research facilities.

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continued from page 1 “An expansion such as this research facility may help us Alumni Association President and retired Maj. Gen. Augustus Leon Collins will deliver conduct potentially life-saving the University of Mississippi’s Commencement address this year in the Grove. research more efficiently,” Allen said. (to) hear from such a distinAlthough the university is guished military and univernot yet sure of a location or possity leader. I’m honored to continued from page 1 sible costs for the facility, Allen share the stage with him.” said they are considering an area The 2019 commencement close to the Insight Park, which class president Zach Digrewill take place on May 11. is the university’s business park gorio will also speak at the Past commencement speakers that leases retail space near the commencement. have included journalist and Medicinal Plant Garden.

“I am extremely excited to biographer Walter Isaacson in The university has authohear Maj. Gen. Collins speak,” 2018 and presidential histori- rized the School of Pharmacy Digregorio said. “It’s a rare an John Meachem in 2017. to use the school’s internal reopportunity for young people sources to begin gathering ideas PHOTO COURTESY: NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU

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and surveying sites for the new building.

“We have held initial meetings with key constituents on campus to discuss a range of possibilities, but so far, there have been no costs,” Allen said.

The next steps will be to have architects submit designs for the building, then they will estimate construction costs. Once the costs are determined, the School of Pharmacy will seek further external funding and permission from the university to begin construction with the secured funds.

“The availability of funds at the School of Pharmacy and the permission of the university will determine if and on what timeline the project

moves forward,” Allen said.

Shelby Strength, a first year pharmacy student, said she thinks renovations of the current research facilities are needed before expanding or constructing another building.

“With the limited space on campus, it would be more beneficial to spend available funds to remodel our current space, replace older lab equipment and invest in existing or potential research projects,” Strength said.

If it moves forward, the building will be the School of Pharmacy’s second added research space in only four years, the first being a new wing that was added to the Thad Cochran Center in 2015.

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PLAYLIST OF THE WEEK:

March is Women’s History Month, and in honor of that, this week’s playlist covers some of the most prominent and influential women in music. While the countless contributions of female artists could never be condensed into a playlist, hopefully this list honors some of the best female musicians.

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Initially recorded and released by Otis Redding, Franklin’s cover made a good song great. Her version has endured far longer and is her signature song as well as an anthem for strong, confident women everywhere.

While Dion herself might not be as notable as some of the other singers on this list, this song was a monumental success, due, in part, to its connection to the film “Titanic,” the highest grossing film from 1997 to 2010.

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VASA’s Culture Show explores living ‘in the hyphen’ ABBEY LINDSAY

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Ole VASA, the Vietnamese American Student Association, will host their annual Culture Show tonight at 8:15 p.m. at the Jackson Avenue Center. This year’s theme is “Breaking Barriers,” and the show will feature modern and traditional dance, fashion, poetry and a video skit to demonstrate Vietnamese culture.

About 35 members will display traditional Vietnamese wardrobes along with modern style to combine the culture of past and present.

Eric Pham, who handles public relations for Ole VASA, explained that the theme aims to reflect the duality of being Asian-American.

“We chose this as our theme because we wanted to showcase the Asian-American identity and what it means to ‘live in the hyphen,’” Pham said. “Our identity is the combination of both cultures.

We are trying to expand on breaking stereotypes, like the

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model minority myth.”

Ole VASA consists of 116 members, but only 67 of the student members are of Vietnamese descent. The other 49 members are a collection of differing ethnicities. Irina Tran, Ole VASA’s co-president, said that the group is open to all and encourages diversity.

“I want this club to be considered as an open organization, meaning you don’t have to be Asian to join,” Tran said. “As minorities at Ole Miss, we would like to reach all other ethnicities in order to prove that we’re just like any other student. This way, we could help create a more inclusive and diverse environment within our club and on campus.”

Ole VASA is an organization open to people of all ethnicities to bond over Vietnamese culture, like food and mutual interests. With the “Breaking Barriers” show, Ole VASA members hope that they can connect to students who may not understand the Asian-American culture.

Helen Hua, the secretary for the group, said the members of Ole VASA see the organization as more than a club, but as a community that they can feel understood. “(The club) has been a way for me to connect with other Vietnamese people and people that have an appreciation for Vietnamese culture,” Hua said. “In high school, I felt very disconnected to my culture because there weren’t many Asian people. But, when I came to college it was nice to have friends that deal with similar experiences and have similar interests.”

Members of Ole VASA say the Culture Show is a way to highlight Asian-American culture and hope attendees will understand how cultural differences can be a positive impact in society and for the community to be able to relate to the performances.

“I hope the audience will be able to see how diverse the Ole Miss community is, not just by appearance but also by other commonalities,” Pham said.

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The Vietnamese American Student Association, Ole VASA, is hosting its annual Culture Show at 8:15 tonight at the Jackson Avenue Center where students will showcase the Asian-American identity and display traditional Vietnamese fashion, literature and food.

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Tapping into Oxford’s culture Miss-I-Sippin’ Beer Festival celebrates 10 years

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excels at which is aquaculture because they’re farm-raised fish.”

On Saturday afternoon, participants can form teams and enjoy the beer tasting trail, a scavenger hunt beginning at the Growler. The trail leads participants to different retail and restaurant locations on the Square to freely sample different beers while teams compete in different activities for the chance to win prizes.

Once the scavenger hunt ends, participants can use the Flying Tuk to travel to the Old Armory Pavilion for the Brewin’ and Groovin’ craft beer party. Alongside children’s events, parents can sample beers, listen to music, tour food trucks and participate in a chicken wing eating contest

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Ten years ago, the Miss-ISippin’ Beer Festival began as an initiative to highlight food, culture and related trends in Oxford. Now, the fundraiser has become a weekend-long event focused on craft beer, art and culture, attracting sponsors and participants from across state lines.

This year’s festival begins today and continues tomorrow. Wayne Andrews, executive of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, said the goal of the festival is to showcase Oxford.

“We want to communicate our culture, and a big way to do that is through food and drink because in the South what we eat is often linked back to history or culture,” Andrews said. “This event is a great way to bring that history and those stories out while bringing people out in the community and attracting new people to our town in a playful way.”

The weekend-long 10th annual Miss-I-Sippin’ Beer Festival, hosted by the YAC, serves as a fundraiser and features a brewers’ banquet tonight with a beer tasting trail tomorrow afternoon, which will culminate at the Brewin’ and Groovin’ craft beer party on Saturday night.

The Miss-I-Sippin’ Beer Festival benefits the YAC while also fostering tourism to the area.

Last year’s Miss-I-Sippin’ Beer Festival attracted over 400 participants from Mississippi and surrounding states, raising more than $6,000 for the YAC. According to event coordinator Tore Christiansen, this year’s fundraiser is projected to be more success-

sponsored by Gus’s Fried Chicken.

“The vendors are a great way to showcase our town — the fact that we have a great Square and arts and culture and that we have these great spaces where we can gather around to have a drink, hear music and come together as a community,” Andrews said.

Cally Perkins, a senior political science and paralegal studies major, said that she plans to attend the festival.

“I’m participating in the scavenger hunt this year with friends and family because it sounds like fun,” Perkins said. “It seems like a unique way to learn more about Oxford outside of the scope of the University.”

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The 10th annual Miss-I-Sippin’ Beer Festival, a fundraiser for the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, begins today and will run through Saturday. ful and attract more out-ofstate participants as a result of the increase in out-of-state brewers participating.

“We try and pull brewers from the surrounding area like Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia and Florida,” Christiansen said. “Last year we had many people travel from Tennessee and Georgia, but this year we are expecting even more.”

More than a dozen brewers are participating in the

fundraiser, including newcomers Grayton Beer Company, Parish Brewing Company and Ace Craft Cider.

“The Brewers’ Banquet on Friday is the most relaxed event of the weekend. It’s the night for people to get to know the brewers and thank them for coming and donating their time and beer,” Christiansen said. “Then everyone is able to have a shrimp and catfish dinner — something Mississippi

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VOLLEYBALL

Ole Miss’s new-look roster hopes to take leap in 2019 JAKE DAVIS

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Ole Miss Volleyball kicks off their spring schedule on Saturday with two matches against Southern Miss and Mississippi College in preparation for a hopeful NCAA Tournament run in the fall.

After finishing last season with a disappointing 14-18 record, the Rebels look to turn things around next season with a strong freshman class and a more experienced roster overall.

They lost two key rotation pieces in outside hitter Caitlin Wernentin and defensive specialist Caroline Adams, two seniors who were impact players last fall. However, the Rebels brought in junior transfer Izzy Guzik from University of Portland, an outside hitter expected to play a big role in the Rebels’ offense next season.

Guzik will be in her first action with Ole Miss on Saturday,

and coaches and fans alike will be interested to see how she fits into the system.

Freshman middle blocker Ava Wampler will also be with the Rebels for the spring season, and could be an impact player for the team for years to come. Wampler is an intimidating presence on the court standing at 6’5” and boasting impressive honors during her high school career.

Ole Miss also added a new face to their coaching staff this year, bringing in former All-American Nakeyta Clair as a volunteer assistant. Clair, who played for the Rebels from 2012-2015, was just the second All-American in Ole Miss volleyball history and was also a two-time All-SEC selection and was selected for the SEC All-Freshman team. She also played for the USA Volleyball Collegiate National Team during her career at Ole Miss.

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Emily Stroup spikes the ball during the game versus Georgia in 2018. Ole Miss lost the game 3-0. against in-state rivals Southern Miss at 9 a.m. Saturday.

The Golden Eagles finished 17-15 last season and struggled to win matches away from home. They lost a nail-biter to Ole Miss last year at the Rebel Invitational in Oxford, a five-set match early in the season that pushed both sides to the limit.

After finishing 7-7 in Conference-USA, Southern Miss knocked off the No. 2 seeded Western Kentucky before falling to Florida International

in the C-USA tournament. The Golden Eagles lost five seniors from last year’s squad but will have three freshman suit up for their spring season.

The second match for Ole Miss comes at 2 p.m. against Mississippi College of the D-II Gulf South Conference. Last year the Choctaws were 8-24 on the season, 2-14 in conference play. As an extremely young team, they fielded just one senior last year and 11 freshman. Their spring roster includes seven sophomores,

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three juniors, and one senior. The school rejoined the NCAA’s Division-II in 20162017 and now looks to build a reputable program in the GSC. Ole Miss’s final match of the spring season will be played on April 9 against Alabama-Huntsville. Ole Miss was slated to play an exhibition match against Memphis on Tuesday to open the spring season, but the match was cancelled and no new date has been set.

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SOFTBALL

Rebels go for second win in three years versus Florida JADE RICHARDSON

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After splitting a series with the No. 25 South Carolina Gamecocks, the Rebels, currently 22-8 on the season, will face the No. 7 Florida Gators this weekend in Oxford.

Over the past three years, Rebel softball has lost seven of its eight matchups with the Gators.

The Gators, sitting 27-6 on the season, are on a four-game win streak after shutting out the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 15-0 in just 5.0 innings on Wednesday. However, the Gators have yet to win an SEC series this season.

Senior Amanda Lorenz has been a standout at the plate this season with a .419 batting average. Lorenz is ranked in the top 10 for on-base percentage, runs scored, hits, walks, and sac flies.

Junior Kendyl Lindaman is another key offensive player for the Gators. Lindaman is currently ranked in the top 10 for RBIs and home runs, with 10 long balls on the season.

This weekend’s series is bound to be a showdown in the circle with both squads possessing powerful pitchers.

The Rebel squad is ranked first in the SEC with a 1.79 ERA, and the Gators are third with a 1.80 ERA.

Senior Brittany Finney had a strong outing last weekend against the Gamecocks despite the team’s lost. Finney retired the first five batters of the game before surrendering back-toback solo home runs.

In the second and final game of the series, junior Molly Jacobsen had another standout performance in the circle.

Jacobsen struck out 10 batters, which was just one strikeout shy of her career-high of 11. The Des Moines Area Community College transfer leads the SEC with a 1.04 ERA. Offensively, the Rebels put runners on base in every inning during the second game, but they were unable to bring them home to get on the board. After seven scoreless innings, the Rebels went into extra innings for the first time this season.

In extras, sophomore Jessica Puk hit a solo home run before junior Autumn Gillespie hit her second triple of the season. Junior Kelsha Loftin came in to run for Gillespie and was easily driven in by a sacrifice fly off the bat of Finney.

Puk’s home run was her seventh of the season, putting her in the sole possession of the team lead.

The first matchup between the Rebels and the Gators is scheduled for tonight at 6 p.m.

The two remaining games of the series will be played at 4

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BASEBALL

Solid pitching allows Rebels chance to get in rhythm JOHN MACON GILLESPIE

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Ole Miss baseball hopes to get back on track this weekend with another road SEC series, this time against the nationally-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks.

The Rebels have gotten off to a sputtering start in conference play, sitting at a 3-3 record after dropping a series against Missouri last weekend. Ole Miss got solid pitching performances on Friday and Saturday from Will Ethridge and Doug Nikhazy, but the Rebel offense continued to struggle against left-handed pitching, mustering a mere nine runs combined in the series.

Speaking of Doug Nikhazy, it appears that the Rebels may have found in him an answer to their Saturday pitching struggles. Nikhazy pitched 7.2 innings of two-hit, scoreless ball last Saturday as Ole Miss claimed its only win of the weekend in a 3-0 decision over the Tigers. Nikhazy has looked solid against quality non-conference opponents and in his first SEC test, and if the Rebel offense can get going again, the combination of Ethridge and Nikhazy on the mound on Friday and Saturday could give Ole Miss an advantage moving forward.

Therein lies the problem, however: the offense. Mike Bianco’s squad came into the year boasting one of the most

FILE PHOTO: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON

Ole Miss infielder Grae Kessinger throws the ball during the series against Long Beach State earlier this season. The Rebels will play the Arkansas Razorbacks on the road this weekend. talented lineups in the SEC and nation but has struggled to put together consistent performances at the plate and have formed a habit of stranding runners on the base paths.

While the Rebels have been pleasantly surprised by pitchers like Nikhazy and reliever Austin Miller, the lack of offensive production in SEC play and against stout non-conference compe-

tition is concerning, to say the least. Still, the Rebels have the talent to be elite at the plate, but time will tell if they are able to remedy their offensive woes, especially against lefties.

Although all of Arkansas’ typical weekend starters are left-handed, Razorback head coach Dave Van Horn might take notice of the Rebels’ struggles against southpaws and have

an extra emphasis on bringing in left-handed relievers to face Ole Miss this weekend.

The Razorbacks are fresh off of a series win over Alabama but lost Saturday’s game against the Tide 10-0. Saturdays have been the Hogs’ weak link so far this season with two of their four losses coming in the second game of the weekend. Although Arkansas failed to push across

any runs in their Saturday match with the Tide, they still swing the bat pretty well as they have six consistent starters batting over .300 on the year.

The Razorbacks have also hit 26 home runs in their 25 games, meaning that Rebel pitching staff will have their work cut out for them this weekend.

Last season, Ole Miss took two of three games from Arkansas in Oxford, a series that gave the Rebels the tiebreaker when it came to the SEC West title at the end of the season.

Arkansas advanced to the College World Series in Omaha last year, however, and was a dropped pop up away from winning a national championship over Oregon State.

Although both of these teams have noticeable issues that need to be resolved as conference play continues, they both have the talent to make a deep postseason run if their respective rosters can mesh together, so this weekend could once again have a large impact on the SEC and national landscape of college baseball.

This weekend’s games will be broadcast on ESPNU (Friday), SEC Network (Saturday) and SEC Network+ (Sunday). First pitch tonight is scheduled for 8 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday’s games slated for 3 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., respectively.

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